How To Install kio-gopher on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-gopher on Kali Linux. kio-gopher is gopher KIO slave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-gopher on Kali Linux.

What is kio-gopher

kio-gopher is:

kio-gopher provides support for the “gopher:” protocol in Konqueror and in other KDE applications. This allows you to display web contents using the Gopher protocol.

Currently it supports most (if not all) of the Gopher protocol.

There are three methods to install kio-gopher on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kio-gopher Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kio-gopher using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kio-gopher

Install kio-gopher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kio-gopher using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kio-gopher

Install kio-gopher Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kio-gopher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kio-gopher

How To Uninstall kio-gopher on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kio-gopher package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kio-gopher

Uninstall kio-gopher And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kio-gopher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kio-gopher

Remove kio-gopher Configurations and Data

To remove kio-gopher configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kio-gopher

Remove kio-gopher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kio-gopher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kio-gopher

Dependencies

kio-gopher have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-gopher package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.